David (also "Davyd") Abramovich Tyshler (russian: Давид Абрамович Тышлер; 13 June 1927 – 7 June 2014) was a Russian sabreur, part of the first generation of internationally successful

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fencers (

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bronze medalist in 1956, and five-time World Championship finalist between 1955 and 1959). He is also known as a successful and innovative fencing coach. His notable pupils included

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, Viktor Krovopuskov, and Viktor Bazhenov. He choreographed stage and screen combat, and made cameo appearances in Russian cinema.

Early and personal life

Tyshler was Jewish, and was born in Kherson in what is now

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. During

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his family fled to Moscow, where Tyshler took up fencing. His son Gennady became a notable fencing coach. His daughter-in-law, épée fencer Natalia Tychler, competed for South Africa at the 2004 Olympics.

Competitive record

Tyshler was a member of the Soviet national sabre team for 11 years.David Tyshler
/ref> He was the Soviet individual sabre champion in 1960, and team sabre champion in 1953, 1954, 1956, 1958, and 1959.

Olympics

Tyshler won a bronze medal at the

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at the age of 29 in the team sabre competition. Tyshler reached the final round in individual sabre at the

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in Rome at the age of 34, finishing in seventh place. He also competed in the team sabre event.

World championship medals

Tyshler won medals in the: * 1955

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(bronze medal in team sabre) * 1956 World Fencing Championships * 1957 World Fencing Championships (silver medal in team sabre) * 1958 World Fencing Championships (silver medals in individual and team sabre), and * 1959 World Fencing Championships (bronze medal in team sabre).

Coaching career

From 1961 to 1973 Tyshler was the head coach of the Soviet national sabre team, and among his notable pupils were

, Viktor Krovopuskov,

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, and Viktor Bazhenov. He coached five Olympic champions. He became a Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, and Honoured Trainer of the USSR. Tyshler opened fencing schools in Russia and South Africa.Tyshler Fencing School - homepage
/ref> René Roch, President of the FIE, honoured Tysher with a gold medal of the FIE for his untiring dedication to the sport of fencing.

Academic career

In 1949 Tyshler graduated from Central State Order of Lenin Institute of Physical Culture (CGOLIFK). In 1983 he was awarded a PhD degree of

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in Paedogogical Sciences. In 1984 Tyshler became a professor in the Fencing and

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Department at what is currently

Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism (SCOLIPE) (russian: Российский государственный университет физической культуры, спорта, молодёжи и тур ...

(RGUFKSiT; CGOLIFK, but after several name changes). He became Head of the Cathedra of Fencing. In 1995 he won the All-Russian "Sports Elite 1995" contest as "Russia's best scholar in the sphere of Olympic training". Tyshler wrote over 170 academic publications, including over 40 books, many of which have been translated into English, Spanish, German, French, Polish, Romanian, and Chinese. He also wrote a book on fencing on stage and screen, and an autobiography. He staged the fencing scenes in a number of Moscow theaters, as well as in Soviet movies including '' How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor'' (1978), '' 31 June'' (1978), and ''

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'' (1979). Tyshler was chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Charity Fund for Future of Fencing.

Hall of Fame

Tyshler was inducted into the

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in 2015.

References

External links

BiographyJews in Sports bio

''Fencing: What a Sportsman Should Know about Refereeing''
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